İlgaz Mountains (Türkiye) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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İlgaz Mountains

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2004 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species') at the site:

Species	Red List¹	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus	NT	breeding	-	2-4 breeding pairs	B2
Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus	LC	breeding	1989-1996	5 breeding pairs	B2

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2004) may differ.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2004. The most recent assessment (2013) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2013	not assessed	low	medium
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
no	unset	medium

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Residential and commercial development	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	A management plan exists but it is out of date or not comprehensive	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	medium

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Kastamonu Ilgaz Dagi YHGS	Wildlife Development Area	12
-	Kastamonu Tosya Gavurdagi YHGS	Wildlife Development Area	7
1976	Ilgaz Dagi MP	National Park	1

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Native coniferous woodland	70
Grassland	Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland	30

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	35
tourism/recreation	25
forestry	25
agriculture	10
urban/industrial/transport	5

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: İlgaz Mountains (Türkiye). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ilgaz-mountains-iba-türkiye on 23/11/2024.